On December 10, two Texas county election officials filed a federal lawsuit against the new law that makes it a crime for anyone to suggest that anyone ask for an application for a mail ballot. That law was passed earlier in 2021. Longoria v Paxton, w.d., 5:21cv-1223. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Xavier Rodriguez, a Bush Jr. appointee. On December 28, the plaintiffs filed this brief in support of their request for a preliminary injunction. The case says the new law violates the First Amendment.
How about if the abs sections of the TX Const and law(s) are shown in BOLD print to passing citizens ???
Any relatives of Union Gen Sherman ready for action in TX in 2022 ???
Isabel Longoria is responsible for not counting write-in votes for Brian Carroll.
The statute in question was because Harris County Clerk Lionel Hollins distributed VBM applications. Longoria worked for Hollins at the time. The applications had a return address of “Lionel Hollins” perhaps to disguise that they were paid with county funds funneled from Democratic sources.
The Democratic Party is quite capable of sending applications and do so. They just want to divert state money to their benefit. In the past voters have been tricked into filing an application for the wrong primary.
If a voter applies for a primary ballot and use it, it becomes illegal to participate in a convention of the Libertarian, Green, or SAM parties, or sign an independent petition. I doubt that Longoria warns of these potential disabilities. It is her responsibility as county election administrator to be neutral.
@RW,
The law does not bar “anyone” from soliciting application for VBM. Please correct your blog entry.